CVE-2026-121941
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
libmt32emu before 2.8.4 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in MidiStreamParserImpl::parseSysex that allows attackers to write past a heap allocation by supplying oversized unterminated SysEx messages. Attackers can feed more than 32768 SysEx data bytes through the mt32emu_parse_stream API via MIDI files, ports, or sequencer clients to corrupt heap memory and crash the application.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-04 13:17:28.560000
Last modified
2026-11-04 13:17:28.560000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-04T13:17:28.560",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/munt/munt/blob/libmt32emu_2_8_3/mt32emu/src/MidiStreamParser.cpp#L223-L257",
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